The 8th European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products (ECRD) In Edinburgh

by AKU | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized

In this week’s blog, Oliver talks about attending the 8th European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products (ECRD) In Edinburgh.  Where he was asked to present DevelopAKUre as a game changer in drug development, authorisation and access. Oliver also explains...

Encouraging European Collaboration

by AKU | Jun 10, 2015 | Uncategorized

From the 5th-8th June, we were in Glasgow to attend the European Human Genetics Conference. As a charity, we were given a stand in the exhibition hall of the conference, allowing us to raise awareness of AKU at this fantastic event. In today’s blog Sorsha shares how...

Other Research

by AKU | Oct 18, 2023

Other Research Gene therapy In partnership with the University of Liverpool, we have just begun a PhD programme looking at developing a gene therapy cure for AKU. We hope that the preliminary research conducted will create a foundation to explore the possibility of...

Treatment

by AKU | Oct 16, 2023

Treatment AKU can be treated using the drug nitisinone. Our seven year DevelopAKUre study, which concluded in 2020, illustrated nitisinone effectively halts the build of homogentisic acid (HGA) by 99%. Nitisinone received a marketing authorisation from the European...

Our Funders

by AKU | Sep 18, 2023

Our Funders We would like a say a huge thank you to the trusts and foundations below for supporting our work. The National Lottery Community Fund Funding for our Body to Mind Programme & our 2021 International Patient Workshop Seventh Framework Programme...